Major documentation updates:
- Streamline README by removing redundant sections
- Link to example files instead of duplicating configuration
- Fix typos and update model recommendations
- Add GPU acceleration documentation link
- Remove outdated "Prompt Optimization" section
Test suite improvements:
- Add comprehensive queue management tests (5 new tests)
- Add shuffle control tests (3 new tests)
- Fix combined query references to match current system prompt
- Update total test count to 53
- Renumber all test sections for consistency
- TODO refresh
- Playlist searches now automatically check personal playlists before public ones
- Remove 'playlist' and 'playlists' from search queries for better matching
- Eliminate user_playlist type - just use playlist for all playlist searches
- Update all documentation and examples to reflect new behavior
- Add podcast support as future feature to TODO.md
Features:
- Exact matching for all search types (artists, albums, tracks, playlists)
- User playlist search (type=user_playlist) with exact and partial matching
- Performance caching for user playlist data
- Comprehensive documentation and test cases
- HACS integration support (hacs.json)
All search types now use limit=10 and prefer exact name matches to avoid
Spotify's personalized recommendations, ensuring you get what you ask for.
- Add shuffle_on and shuffle_off actions to control_playback function
- Update prompt to automatically enable shuffle when playing artists
- Add artist radio mode feature to README
- Update all example configurations with shuffle support
- Simplify control_playback YAML syntax (if/then vs choose/conditions)
- Add shuffle examples to voice command demonstrations
Voice-controlled Spotify playback integration for Home Assistant
Features:
- Natural language music control via Extended OpenAI Conversation
- Exact match artist search (finds Coldplay when you ask for Coldplay)
- Support for artist, album, track, and playlist searches
- Smart caching for 15-50x performance improvement
- Works with any Spotify Connect device
- Zero additional authentication (reuses HA Spotify OAuth)
- Enterprise-grade code quality with defensive programming
Technical improvements:
- Client caching with automatic validation
- Input validation and error handling
- Defensive attribute checks
- Lazy logging for performance
- Clear error messages for users
Chad Auld